Seyed Hossein Hosseini was born in Marand, Iran, in 1953. He received the M.S. degree from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran, in 1976 with first class honors, and the DEA and Ph.D. degrees from the Institute National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France, in 1978 with first class honors and 1981, respectively, all in electrical engineering.
In 1982, he joined the University of Tabriz as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. From September 1990 to September 1991, he was a Visiting Professor with the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. From 1990 to 1995, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Tabriz.
Since 1995, he has been a full Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Tabriz. From September 1996 to September 1997, he was a Visiting Professor with the University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada. Since January 2017 he is Professor with the Near East University of North Cyprus, Turkey. He is the author of more than 800 Journal and Conference papers (more than 100 of them Q1 Journal Papers). Being announced by the Thomson Reuters in December 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and in December 2025, he became one of the World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds, 1% Top Scientist of the World.
In March 2024 he became first Distinguished Professor of the University of Tabriz, Iran.
His research interests include power electronics, application of power electronics in renewable energy sources, power quality issues, harmonics and VAR compensation systems, electrified railway systems and FACTS devices.